2014–15 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team

The 2014–15 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team represented Purdue University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Boilermakers, led by ninth year head coach Sharon Versyp, played their home games at the Mackey Arena and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 11–20, 3–15 to finish in tie for thirteenth place. They advanced to the second round of the Big Ten women's tournament, where they lost to Minnesota.

2014–15 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	11–20 (3–15 Big Ten)
Head coach	Sharon Versyp
Assistant coaches	Nadine Morgan Kelly Komara Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
Home arena	Mackey Arena
Seasons ← 2013–14 2015–16 →

2014–15 Big Ten women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Maryland†	18	–	0		1.000			34	–	3		.919
No. 18 Iowa	14	–	4		.778			26	–	8		.765
No. 23 Ohio State	13	–	5		.722			24	–	11		.686
No. 22 Northwestern	12	–	6		.667			23	–	9		.719
Rutgers	12	–	6		.667			23	–	10		.697
Minnesota	11	–	7		.611			23	–	10		.697
Nebraska	10	–	8		.556			21	–	11		.656
Michigan	8	–	10		.444			20	–	15		.571
Michigan State	7	–	11		.389			16	–	15		.516
Illinois	6	–	12		.333			15	–	16		.484
Wisconsin	5	–	13		.278			9	–	20		.310
Indiana	4	–	14		.222			15	–	16		.484
Purdue	3	–	15		.167			11	–	20		.355
Penn State	3	–	15		.167			6	–	24		.200
† 2015 Big Ten tournament winner As of April 5, 2015 Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2014–15 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F 32 Whitney Bays 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Sr Huntington Huntington, W.Va. F 43 Haley Bodnar 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Desert Hills Saint George, Utah F 23 Liza Clemons 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Snider/Elmhurst Fort Wayne, Ind. G 5 Justine Hall 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Regis Jesuit Denver, Colo. G 10 Hayden Hamby 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr West Morgan Trinity, Ala. C 22 Bree Horrocks 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Fr Buford Buford, Ga. G 24 Andreona Keys 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Roswell Atlanta, Ga. F 21 Erica Moore 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Mount Vernon Fortville, Ind. G 1 Ashley Morrissette 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Twinsburg Twinsburg, Ohio G 13 Bridget Perry 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Roncalli Mooresville, Ind. G 4 Torrie Thornton 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Jr Carmel Carmel, Ind. G 25 April Wilson 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Manual Louisville, Ky.	Head coach Sharon Versyp Assistant coach(es) Nadine Morgan Kelly Komara Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2013-07-28

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/09/2014* 2:00 pm		Findlay	W 84–25	–	Mackey Arena (5,948) West Lafayette, IN
Non-conference regular season
11/14/2014* 7:00 pm		at Ball State	W 66–60	1–0	Worthen Arena (4,012) Muncie, IN
11/19/2014* 5:30 pm	No. 24	Green Bay	L 78–81 2OT	1–1	Mackey Arena (5,730) West Lafayette, IN
11/23/2014* 2:00 pm	No. 24	Toledo	W 66–48	2–1	Mackey Arena (5,969) West Lafayette, IN
11/28/2014* 3:15 pm		vs. Texas Tech Junkanoo Jam Quarterfinals	W 69–53	3–1	St. George HS Gymnasium (225) Freeport, BAH
11/29/2014* 3:15 pm		vs. George Washington Junkanoo Jam championship	L 59–79	3–2	St. George HS Gymnasium (429) Freeport, BAH
12/03/2014* 7:00 pm		Florida State ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	L 64–67 OT	3–3	Mackey Arena (5,725) West Lafayette, IN
12/07/2014* 2:00 pm		at Dayton	L 61–63	3–4	University of Dayton Arena (2,106) Dayton, OH
12/11/2014* 7:00 pm		Kansas	W 61–48	4–4	Mackey Arena (5,760) West Lafayette, IN
12/19/2014* 12:00 pm		UC Irvine World Vision Classic	W 69–44	5–4	Mackey Arena (7,283) West Lafayette, IN
12/20/2014* 2:30 pm		Denver World Vision Classic	W 65–51	6–4	Mackey Arena (6,009) West Lafayette, IN
12/21/2014* 2:30 pm		Wright State World Vision Classic	W 70–46	7–4	Mackey Arena (5,966) West Lafayette, IN
Big Ten regular season
12/28/2014 3:00 pm		at Illinois	W 62–55	8–4 (1–0)	State Farm Center (2,548) Champaign, IL
01/01/2015 2:00 pm		Minnesota	L 68–81	8–5 (1–1)	Mackey Arena (6,361) West Lafayette, IN
01/04/2015 2:00 pm		Indiana Rivalry/Crimson and Gold Cup	W 86–64	9–5 (2–1)	Mackey Arena (6,990) West Lafayette, IN
01/08/2015 2:00 pm, BTN		at No. 12 Maryland	L 64–88	9–6 (2–2)	Xfinity Center (4,277) College Park, MD
01/11/2015 2:00 pm, BTN		at No. 17 Iowa	L 59–73	9–7 (2–3)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (7,359) Iowa City, IA
01/15/2015 7:00 pm		Wisconsin	L 56–65	9–8 (2–4)	Mackey Arena (5,916) West Lafayette, IN
01/19/2015 7:00 pm, BTN		at No. 16 Nebraska	L 59–69	9–9 (2–5)	Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,095) Lincoln, NE
01/22/2015 8:00 pm		at No. 21 Minnesota	W 90–88 OT	10–9 (3–5)	Williams Arena (3,714) Minneapolis, MN
01/25/2015 2:00 pm		Ohio State	L 71–79 OT	10–10 (3–6)	Mackey Arena (6,801) West Lafayette, IN
01/29/2015 7:00 pm, BTN		No. 22 Rutgers	L 49–58	10–11 (3–7)	Mackey Arena (5,780) West Lafayette, IN
02/02/2015 8:30 pm, BTN		at Indiana Rivalry/Crimson and Gold Cup	L 55–72	10–12 (3–8)	Assembly Hall (2,468) Bloomington, IN
02/08/2015 2:00 pm		Penn State	L 50–54	10–13 (3–9)	Mackey Arena (6,861) West Lafayette, IN
02/11/2015 7:00 pm		Northwestern	L 65–73 OT	10–14 (3–10)	Mackey Arena (5,929) West Lafayette, IN
02/14/2015 12:00 pm, BTN		at No. 18 Rutgers	L 49–78	10–15 (3–11)	Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,713) Piscataway, NJ
02/17/2015 7:00 pm, BTN		at Ohio State	L 60–92	10–16 (3–12)	Value City Arena (4,185) Columbus, OH
02/21/2015 2:00 pm		Illinois	L 46–47	10–17 (3–13)	Mackey Arena (6,348) West Lafayette, IN
02/24/2015 7:00 pm, BTN		at Michigan	L 50–81	10–18 (3–14)	Crisler Arena (1,534) Ann Arbor, MI
02/28/2015 2:00 pm, BTN		Michigan State	L 56–61	10–19 (3–15)	Mackey Arena (7,030) West Lafayette, IN
Big Ten Women's Tournament
03/04/2015 8:30 pm		vs. Wisconsin First Round	W 58–56	11–19	Sears Centre (3,471) Hoffman Estates, IL
03/05/2015 9:30 pm, BTN		vs. Minnesota Second Round	L 78–82	11–20	Sears Centre (3,681) Hoffman Estates, IL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source^[1]

Rankings

Main article: 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Ranking Movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.

Poll	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Final
AP	RV	24т	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

See also

2014–15 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team